标题： 形成和表征球对称压缩等离子体线圈的一个部分的实验 显示英文标题

标题： Experiment to Form and Characterize a Section of a Spherically Imploding Plasma Liner

摘要： 我们描述了一个实验，通过合并六个由新设计的轮廓间隙同轴等离子体枪发射的超音速等离子体射流来形成和表征一个球面压缩等离子体环状物。 该实验是使用许多十支等离子体枪形成完整球面压缩等离子体环状物的前奏，作为等离子体射流驱动磁惯性聚变的远程驱动器。 六射流实验的目标是评估环状物马赫数和均匀性的演化和缩放关系，这些是球面压缩等离子体环状物将磁化目标等离子体压缩到聚变条件的重要指标。 本文描述了同轴等离子体枪的设计、等离子体射流的实验表征、六射流实验装置和诊断方法、三射流和六射流实验的初步诊断数据以及相关数值建模的高层目标。 显示英文摘要

摘要： We describe an experiment to form and characterize a section of a spherically imploding plasma liner by merging six supersonic plasma jets that are launched by newly designed contoured-gap coaxial plasma guns. This experiment is a prelude to forming a fully spherical imploding plasma liner using many dozens of plasma guns, as a standoff driver for plasma-jet-driven magneto-inertial fusion. The objectives of the six-jet experiments are to assess the evolution and scalings of liner Mach number and uniformity, which are important metrics for spherically imploding plasma liners to compress magnetized target plasmas to fusion conditions. This paper describes the design of the coaxial plasma guns, experimental characterization of the plasma jets, six-jet experimental setup and diagnostics, initial diagnostic data from three- and six-jet experiments, and the high-level objectives of associated numerical modeling.